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    "ocrText": "U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR\n229\nNATURALIZATION SERVICE\nRUPLISAT\n1671\nTO aur TO RITTAIL ORIGINAL\na Naters\nNo.\nD\nSTATES BOMAL OF\nPETITION FOR NATURALIZATION\nreof\nTo the Honorable the\nSuyerior\nCalifornia\nThe potition\nNerman of\nDombe\nat\nSan Diego County\nCourt\nFirst. My\nplace of of residence is dammer Irove. San (Give number, street, Diego city town,\nhereby filed, respectfully showeth:\nCalifornia\nor\nTexas.\nSecond. My occupation is\n31\nFourth. Third. I I was emigrated born on to the the United States day of from april Roons, Ruspia\n15\nanno Domini 888\nat\ntolenna Russia\nyears,\non or about the\n2\nat my personal\nday of\nanno Domini 1. 912 and arrived in the United states, at the port of Baltimore md con the 20\nday of\nJune\neet inches,\nanno\nDomini 1. 912 on the vessel Baltimore md mam\nJune\nBlue\n(If\nthe\nalien\narrived\notherwise\nthands\nyegsel,\nthe\ncharacter\nof\ncont\nof transportation company should be given.)\nat Denton\nI declared my intention to become a eitizen of the United States on the 20 dqy of\nmay\nin the\nDistrict\npame Texas\nanno Domini 1. 919\nIda\nCourt of\nsign. Iam - markity. My wife's name is\n,\nI now reside\nat\nDenton Texas\nand\nnow\n, have\nno children, and the name. date and place of hirth and plaso\nresides at Lemon she was Grove, (Give number, on the street, 22 étty California town, alipral of and States r' anno Domini 895\nor\ne\n; my last\ngiven)\nfried; the name\nto any foreign\nSeventh. Iam not a disbeliever in or opposed to organized government or a member of or affliated with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in or opposed\nto\norganized government. I am not a polygamist nor a believer in the practice of polygamy. I am attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and it is my\nintention\nnow a subject;\nparticularly\n, in the\npermanently to The Present United States. government of tunsia\nto become/ ciption of the United states and to renounce absplutely and forever all allegiance and Adelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, and\nof whom at this time I am a subject, and it is my intention\nto reside in the\n24th\nday\nEighth. I am able to speak the English language.\nIst; I am not a\nI in good faith\n10\nMinth. I have resided continuously in the United States of America for the term of Ave years at least immediately preceding the date of this petition, to wit, since the\nday of\nreside therein:\ngine\nNov\n- anno Domini 912 and in the State of\nCalifornia\ncontinuously next preceding the date of\nthis petition, since the\nday of\nanno Domini 921 being a residence within this State of at least one year next preceding the date\nof this petition.\nant)\nf the Clerk of\nTenth Thave not heretofore made petition for citizens)Ap to any court. 1: made petition for citizenship to the\nTeyas\nDenton\nDistrict\nCourt of\nat\nThe\n20\no Domini 19 19\nof\nmay\nsaid petition was denied by the said Court the followingreasons and\ncame Attached hereto up for for hearing\ncauses,\nto\nwit\nheft\nTeyas and the cause before such denial the petition\nango Domini 919 and the\nhas since/been cured or removed.)\nCourt\nara made a part of this petition are Wdeclaration of intention to become a eitizen of the United States and the certificate from the Department of Labor,\ntogether with my afdidavit and the afdidavits of the two verifying witnesses thereto, required by law. Wherefore your petitioner prays that he may be admitted a citizen of the United\nStates of America.\nlerk\nict Court\nCertified Declaration of copy\nHerman Damke\n(Complete and true signature of petitioner.)\nIntention Non TO CLERK 26. or COURT.-) 45 If petitioner and arrived Certificate in the United of Arrival States ON No. OR BEFORE JUNE 29, 1906, strike from out the Department words reading \"and of Labor Certificate fled of Arrival this 16th No. 'day from of Department of Labor.\" 1923\nby certify\nJanuary\nof the\nAFFIDAVITS OF PETITIONER AND WITNESSES\nappears\nState of California\nCounty of San Diegu\n88:\noffice.\nThe aforesaid petitioner being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the petitioner in the above-entitled proceedings; that he has read the foregoing petition and knows the\nffice in\ncontents thereof; that the said petition is signed with his full, true name; that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to matters therein stated to be alleged upon information\nand belief. and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.\nNest\nHerman Domke\nand\nfuture B F Purpett 6bert\nPancher\nComplete and true sigpetur of petitioner.)\noccupation\nCourt,\noccupation\naancher\nresiding Lepron Grove California\neach\nresiding at remon thore California\nTexas.\nbette severally, Nerman quit. and respectively sworn, Domke (proses and saw that he is a citizen of the United States of America; that he has personally known\nimmediately\npreceding\nthe\ndate\nfling\nhis\npetition,\nsince\nthe\nentitled petition is made continuously since the 1st day of December\n1st December anno Domini 921 and in the State in which continuously the above-\nthe petitioner above mentioned, to have resided in the United States\nof\nanno Domini 921 and that he has personal knowledge that\nopinion, to be admitted a citizen of the United States.\nthe said petitioner is a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and that the petitioner is in every way qualified, in his\nB.T PneKett\n(Signature of witness.)\nmand\nmasioner\nJulius Ebert (Signature\nof witness.)\nSubseribed of and sport to before me by the above-named petitioner and witnesses in the offlee of the Clork of said Court this 16th day\nJanuary 1923\nanno Domini\nB.\nS Johnson\nB. McLees\nOlerk.\n[ovan.]\nBy\nDeputy"
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